Ahmed Abubakar, Dutse
Barely weeks after the general elections, one Mahdi Hassan, a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) has been reportedly abducted by unknown people suspected to be kidnappers in Jigawa State.
The victim was said to have been kidnapped while on transit from Kazaure Local Government Area en route Dutse, the state capital.
Investigation revealed that even though the victim was returning from a personal trip to visit his family he was not seen since Friday, but according to an unconfirmed source, the kidnappers have already contacted the family of the victim and certain amount of money was allegedly said to have been paid to secure his release.
Mahdi is a Pension Desk Officer at the INEC office, in Dutse.
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The HOD, Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. John Kaiwa, confirmed the incidence that the victim was missing since Friday.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Bala Zama Senchi, was bewildered that such a situation would occur without anyone reporting to the police.
He told journalists that he never received any report from any quarters of the said kidnap, however suggest that if the incidence is actually true then there is laxity on the part of the family and INEC by not reporting the incidence to the police.
